Developer relations for technical products

DevRel agency for developer toolsAI infrastructuredatabasesWeb3

We build and run developer programs that move Developers and AI agents from signup to first successful build, regular use and recommendation.

Proof across the developer journey

Reach · activation · adoption

Actian

1M

developers reached in 6 months

Celo

50%

faster developer integration

Flutterwave

−10%

developer support requests

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When DevRel needs a team

Developer interest is there but adoption is stuck

One person is carrying the whole function

Community, tutorials, events, product feedback and reporting compete for one calendar. The team stays busy while core programs move slowly.

Developers sign up and stall before the first build

Docs gaps, unclear examples and slow answers push developers out before the first API call, query, integration or deployment.

Developer adoption architecture

One system from discovery to recommendation

We give each stage an owner, a program and an outcome your team can measure.

Find the Bottleneck
  1. Stage 01

    Discover

    A developer finds your product while researching a real problem. We map the questions, communities and technical topics that create qualified discovery.

    Outcome: qualified developer reach

  2. Stage 02

    Evaluate

    They check your docs, GitHub, tutorials, reviews and community. We give them enough technical evidence to choose the product for a real build.

    Outcome: product signups and trial starts

  3. Stage 03

    Build

    They reach first value through a working API call, query, integration or deployment. We remove the friction that creates drop-off and support tickets.

    Outcome: activation and time to first value

  4. Stage 04

    Recommend

    Active users teach teammates, publish examples, speak at events and bring the product into new projects.

    • Champions
    • Community
    • Events
    • Contributors
  5. Stage 05

    Improve

    Questions, support threads and usage patterns become decisions for product, documentation, onboarding and content.

    Outcome: faster feedback and higher adoption

What our DevRel programs deliver

Measured where developer behavior changes

Actian · product launch

1M

Developers reached within six months

Community Programs and hackathons put VectorAI DB into developers' hands before launch. Their feedback changed the docs, onboarding and roadmap.

Actian Challenge participants celebrating with certificates

500K on launch day

Actian VectorAI DB

Our DevRel services

The programs developers use

Each engagement starts with the adoption stage losing developers. We build the programs that move that stage.

Plan my DevRel program

01 / 04

Developer community

Run the spaces where developers ask questions, share builds and help each other.

Measure: active members, response time, peer replies

02 / 04

Developer education

Create tutorials, workshops and examples that get developers to a successful build faster.

Measure: activation, completion, support deflection

03 / 04

DX audits and feedback

Test signup, docs, SDKs and first-use flows, then send clear fixes to product and documentation teams.

Measure: time to value, completion, drop-off

04 / 04

Champions and events

Give active users a path to contribute, teach, speak and bring the product into new teams.

Measure: referrals, projects, qualified accounts

Need a wider program? We also run university partnerships, hackathons, product feedback loops and technical content.

How we work

01

Weekly reporting on adoption

Every week, we report on community growth, engagement, activation, feedback, and other agreed program goals.

02

Engineers do the work

The people speaking with developers understand the product and domain.

03

One plan across teams

Community, content, product and marketing work toward the same adoption stage.

04

You own the program

Strategy, community data, assets and operating systems stay with your team.

Client results

Proof across the journey

Actian

1M

Developers reached

in 6 months

Cloudinary

50%

Faster content production

Roadmap.sh

197K→470K

Monthly visits

in 24 months

Flutterwave

10%

Reduction in developer support requests

within 6 months

Celo

50%

Faster integration

after a 3-week documentation overhaul

Mia-Platform

5×

Faster time to publish

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What clients say

What the people responsible for developer growth say about the difference.

Hackmamba are great at driving content strategy from inception to execution, and they are very reasonable on pricing. A great fit for an early stage dev-tools startup!

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Jakob Norlin

Co-founder, Endform

Questions we get

Before we start

Our DevRel engagements start at $12,000. The final cost depends on the scope, programme length, and the services involved.

They will know who they are speaking with because we use our own names. Every person representing your product learns the domain, uses the product and answers from direct experience.

Most communities need three to six months of deliberate programming before regular conversations become consistent. The first fifty engaged members usually set the pattern for the next five hundred.

Yes. We often extend a team of one or two, own a defined part of the program or run the function while an internal hire is made.

We need a product demo, access to the teams closest to users, current funnel data and any existing strategy documents. If the strategy is missing, we build it first.

Find where developer adoption is stalling

We will review your product, audience and developer journey. You leave with the stage to fix first and the program that fits it.

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